CH4 and N2O emissions embodied in international trade of meat

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Caro, Dario ^a,b   Lopresti, Anna ^c   Davis, Steven J ^c   Bastianoni, Simone ^b   Caldeira, Ken ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

emissions embodied in trade; environmental monitoring; greenhouse gas inventory; livestock emissions; non CO2 emissions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BEEF; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NITROGEN OXIDES;

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CO2 EMISSIONS; EMISSIONS INTENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; TRADE FLOW;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; FRANCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BOS;

EID: 84912070798     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/114005     Document Type: Article

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